I thought gold stake was supposed to be hard (Balatro)

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[@birbeyboop]

watched this live and i'm still amazed by how he just decided "maybe try a little gold stake?" and pulled this run straight out of the aether with limited time

[@BaseGolf]

What day did he do this I’m trying to find the Golfie stream

[@pigglebee]

​@@BaseGolf He played hexguardian not Golfie

[@lucabraun2126]

​@@BaseGolf a general tip: you can always find out what date the video is from if you check the description of the video.

[@Lowlander2]

I like your avvy :)

[@MrVovansim]

My hobby is looking up the historical jesters when NL gets a legendary. Apparently, Perkeo was a little person who was said to drink six to eight gallons of wine a day. He lived into his eighties, never drinking anything but wine. Then he got sick, the doctor had him drink water, and he passed away. So says wikipedia.

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

10/10 bit

[@aceacemania]

Looks like he was the inspiration for Tyrion Lannister. I learned something new today.

[@ivanivanovic5857]

Lol I think Perkeo is my new favourite dwarf. Move aside Sleepy.

[@maxantonio9312]

his liver saw water for the first time in 8 decades didn't know what to do with it and them collapsed

[@Thoron]

Wikipedia says he died at age 33 ☹️

[@turagamaxil]

negative burnt joker looks like that king charles painting

[@hectordavidhernandezgonzal9356]

"If you see this you will die in seven days" had me dying

[@rollyproductions]

It's so over for us

[@joshavery]

It hasn't been seven days?

[@adissentingopinion848]

14:03 It was a won run the moment NL got to witness the Legendary rarity Eternal Egg. Praise be!

[@nickstell9374]

49:02 1st graders when their teach ask what letter comes after D

[@chillrendbeats7592]

+e13

[@user-dx3de8pt9z]

lmao

[@MC-lm7de]

13:09 me when Paul Atreides is getting visions

[@scottbourg8741]

+2

[@torbenheather2283]

+2

[@UntouchedWagons]

Dude went something like 17 minutes with a debuffed joker

[@pwines1423]

I scrolled way too far to see this comment. Bro had me trippin

[@Datboyo]

Fucking same lmao

[@Pashizzle500]

When he sold the judgment card with a debuffed joker on deck I knew it was time to lose my Type A virginity

[@jaxfilm]

that joker was holo so it was still giving +10 mult, it’s not nothing

[@sanserino3489]

@@jaxfilmnaw man, the holo doesn’t give mult through debuff, it’s just nothing

[@bless-express]

0:41 when it is Christmas 2007 and you unwrap a gift of collectible pokemon memorabilia

[@BrntToaster]

+2

[@Nonscient]

+2

[@danielgamboa6130]

14:52 when he won’t sell a debuffed joker for judgement and just takes the dollar

[@danielgamboa6130]

22:47 WE DID IT

[@thechatter7102]

this is my type A canon event

[@pepperboi2227]

Were Balatro guys of course we pronounce it like Balatro instead of Balatro

[@aidantompkins918]

When I read it I hear him saying Balatro instead of Balatro

[@elliott6158]

I don’t say it Balatro or Balatro 💀

[@juliusgreen9179]

Bro you made my brain say Balatro instead of Balatro

[@jozzzlyn]

balatro son or balatro daughter?

[@raddyrooooooo]

I have been a librarian for 12 years and I gotta agree with NL. I learned everything I needed to know on the job.

[@Lockerus]

@34:08 me when I'm the United Fruit company and I'm orchestrating a coup for cheap bananas

[@fishgomoo8524]

23:02 When your friend watches the ring without knowing the consequences

[@orxalot]

+2

[@mattcroft]

2:25 me when my car is in the shop and I'm looking up how to get to work in the morning

[@thelittlemannn]

4:39 -4:50 I can't stop laughing.

[@notmyfullname598]

23:42 Okay, okay, let's damn this guy, let's damn this guy with feint praise

[@DrDoom-ph4gi]

8:57 Corn is native to the Americas. Wasn’t in the Fertile Crescent prior to the Columbian exchange.

[@Andrew_Bradshaw]

was coming to post the same thing! thanks for doing the work!

[@nintendocyclone]

The Indians call it maize 🦝

[@nicolasvidal92]

​@@nintendocycloneclassic rob bit

[@mustard9933]

My inner type a was clawing at the walls but this strat is so cool I just had to zen tf out and watch it.

[@Pashizzle500]

It’s the best he’s ever played and the worst he’s ever played

[@a2rhombus2]

You know a run is good when he goes so autopilot he buys Justice then immediately forgets he has it

[@Noobwater]

34:48 Political activists when they reach ultimate desperation for change

[@Nosirrbro]

+2 bravo for that one brother

[@TheAceJokers]

+2

[@sssh8596]

Me after seeing diddy walking towards me at a hotel's hallway 15:09

[@bloodwolf2609]

50:53 I want a clip where he loses an Isacc run to a donation machine

[@MadcapMachinations]

Put milk and cream in your popcorn? I know he mispoke but still that was a funny line.

[@SuburbanHell]

This dude puts me to shame, I'll never be this good of a Balatro player

[@rollyproductions]

If Egg can get to 'e' then anyone can

[@ultraheaven8968]

its funny cause he sucks at balatro

[@thiagocosta3953]

me when they buffed swash 23:28

[@s3vere195]

ctrl + F searching the timestamp for the part of the video im on to simulate a live chat

[@TheKrigeron]

That thumbnail. I'll whip out the butter popcorn for this one. Edit: didn't realize this was popcorn pilled stream when I posted this. Is this a simulation?

[@Buffalax]

17:01 me asking to bring in a stray when i was 6

[@thexenocide6013]

half joker was adding about 8e11 to his score btw

[@pyramear5414]

TL;DR: Half Joker adds 20 mult only after glass and photograph, not before. Half Joker is only giving us a 0.5% score improvement (3860 vs 3840 mult before our post-hand multiplier stack). For those wondering about the math at play: NL had 8.6mil xMult *post-hand* from the Mercuries, Hologram, and Steel Joker. He gets 60 base hand mult from a plain hand, 240 mult from a pair with plain face cards, 960 mult from a pair with 1 glass face card, 3840 hand mult from a pair with 2 glass face cards. The only hand worth fishing for was the 2 glass face card combo, as this gives around 3.3e13 (he needed e14, so this is still not enough before steel cards).

[@Hapos06]

49:02 me getting the right answer to the question of "Name any letter of the alphabet" on the gameshow Jeopardy: Idiot Edition

[@cagewellman909]

+2

[@ole9215]

We´re Balatro Guys, of course we are terribly afraid of the day NL switches to another Roguelike

[@ruaristrawbridge7859]

We’re balatro guys of course we are gonna run flush builds 70%+ of the time

[@dantealighieri1265]

​@@ruaristrawbridge7859you mean high card builds

[@kixr4trids587]

13:13 me when I’m watching chopped and I think I know better than the chefs

[@notjohn2774]

40:37 is exactly my brain whenever someone mentions ohio

[@TBH_Inc]

40:35 Person from Ohio here, this is so true!! Also obligatory -IO!

[@Zalic23]

"How are the Jazz this year?" Don't remind me, we suck, and we will always suck apparently.

[@alexleach9133]

The thought of being a streamer big enough to have like 50 absolute morons in the chat at all times would be pretty tough to deal with

[@Buffalax]

40:10 OHIO MENTIONED!!!! O H! Also people from Ohio know for a fact we have chin strapped andrews cause we have to deal with them everyday in person.

[@musoumiko4730]

26:40 I know he doesn't read these comments, but technically you'd yell "sugoi" or "yabai" in that kinda context, since translation isn't one-to-oneOKAY sorry for nerding uhh, we're... translation guys, of course we whatever

[@blaviken252]

Google told me that a single kernel is about 0.15g. That would mean that in a standard 100g microwave popcorn bag there are about 666 kernels.

[@gabrielfrear7412]

Also gotta subtract the weight of the packaging

[@blaviken252]

@@gabrielfrear7412 I hope the 100g refers to the weight of the food only, but you are right we gotta subtract the oil used to pop them and the unpopped ones, thats still probably like 400-500 popped kernels

[@Bellah246]

I'm someone who works in a library but is Not a librarian, and imo he's right that it's kinda unnecessary to get a master's, like getting the Librarian title basically means you can be a manager, but I still get to do all the fun stuff while not having to worry about making schedules ya know, plus I saved 2 years tuition lol

[@mookle4205]

0:04 whats wrong with ur finger man

[@cjs372]

perkeo runs with observatory are always so much fun. this one was no different, very cool

[@GameOverFiles]

New balatro vid and no Chile oil or plans measured in centuries reference. I guess I'll let the negative burnt joker take me

[@0re01]

40:46 ohio mentioned into a squami it is a blessed day

[@mzb4608]

Every video is an all time top 10 standup set, how does he do it

[@jacobantolik587]

40:38 IO LETS GOOOOO OHIOOOOOOO

[@gibran.zidane]

22:13 I just realized you can still get the same planet cards in the pack as the ones in your consumable slot

[@mononaut]

Only if you have telescope, it forces the first slot in the pack to be your most played hand even if it couldn't spawn normally

[@gibran.zidane]

@@mononaut ah that makes sense thank you

[@shephsnap]

me when they bring out the gourmet 16 oz gold steak that’s only a layer of gold foil on a steak:

[@lucky_marz]

We’re Balatro guys, of course we comment in the echo chamber of Balatro guys that we are Balatro guys.

[@matthewsimpson7712]

We're gold stake guys, of course we're sold at Salt Bae's restaurant

[@gelatobear9159]

42:51 has me sobbing

[@levitarr6736]

Holy backlog, how long ago was the Pokémon twitter beef

[@roostangarar]

This is the first I'm hearing of it, what was the context?

[@n.chabot1217]

@@roostangarar He didn't know what type Luxray was and people were seriously furious at him for this for some reason.

[@williammitchell6254]

"Its unlikely we would get as lucky as we did last time" stop sandbagging bro

[@tong492]

The only time I've ever wanted to backseat Is literally screaming at my screen for him to sell that fucking even Steven's when he keeps it for like 7 rounds after it was debuffed.

[@Ragnell123]

I forgot he already talked about popcorn toppings. Now I know why they were talking about it this week when Justin said he thought melted butter on popcorn was disgusting

[@Smatticus]

NL doing something peak NL is peak NL

[@Fummy007]

This run was certainly blessed by Saint Mother Elizabeth and her holy anointing oil.

[@theofficialkeanureevesyout6649]

Hey NL if we’re checking out new games maybe try this one called The Binding of Isaac? Heard a lot of good about it king🙏

[@dflamelord6437]

Let the man play what he wants bro.

[@tatefairmusic]

14:10 dude is spittin 🗣️

[@genieinthepot2455]

NL's love for pairs is so interesting

[@F1R3S74R73R]

Corn is a New World crop, before 1492, no Europen knew what corn even was

[@gamingstew703]

hey NL, if you have time you should try the full version of backpack battles. There are a bunch of new heros and items :)

[@LogicRat]

is there a tiktok clip of his japanese interaction around 29:07 i need this and am lazy.

[@dizzzzy6]

he went off today om

[@ShadowedAgony]

thanks for the company

[@cptnd3851]

jesus the backlog is May 2nd?

[@Efthimisko]

We are Balatro guys, of course we spam about balatro guys 1 minute after the upload happened.

[@Nagi2100]

An organic toilet that doesn’t require flushing is a latrine.

[@KostkaJones]

Yogscast makes games now? Where's shadow of israpheal at though?

[@truedardii]

I would've dumped swashbuckler for big mike hoping for a Cavendish later on

[@brandonlawrence5437]

The Japanese bit was spot on

[@impulsecdog4979]

Why does he keep the debuffed odd Todd so long lol

[@stighelmer1265]

Popcorn originated in the Americas yes, but not by Americans.

[@SchmavidSchmobb]

did he just decide to stop trying around ante 12? like he was adding just any card to his deck and decreasing his hand size for jokers that weren't that helpful. so he was just screwing his entire plan of playing pairs of face cards. Don't get me wrong this is an amazing run but it feels like he just threw it in the trash in order to get to the sponsored segment.

[@severinlindskog7670]

The man's got a family to feed and no shits to give.

[@pyramear5414]

He needs that Hologram mult, and he dropped hand size for more joker space. It was a half decent pilot. My only complaint was skipping ballot, but he probably wasn't aware they buffed it.

[@thaddeus1519]

1 in 4, to me thats zero... NL has finally learned statistics via Balatro.

[@IR0NH3ART]

In 40 minutes.... sees video length😂

[@RafidW9]

Me when they told me that saltbae's steaks are overcooked

[@TheBroodingRogue]

We’re balatro guys of course we comment 24 seconds after an upload

[@CHill-42]

not procing half joker cost him 8.6m mult a hand

[@garyadams9345]

Balatro

[@colintudor66]

14:05 as a jazz fan, please don't ask

[@glucoseguardian2650]

anyone pls explain why planet cards that he holds give 1.5 mult whose ability is that

[@alasadge5353]

observatory voucher from the shop.

[@kipandcop1]

the observatory he gets at 18:45

[@espresseaux]

NO SLOTS FOR MERCURY

[@djlee_exe]

NGL it always irks me a little when he says “E to the 11” or “E to the 13”. It’s just E13

[@russiachan2]

57:02 eeeeeeeeeeeee

[@ezcellent]

the thumbnail intrigued me ngl

[@SoloBladeBarrage]

*Buys justice card* No less than 30 seconds later: “What is this? I didn’t even notice you.”

[@user-op7vr5xc4z]

40:34 I-O

[@josiahmoteberg3210]

We're blue deck guys, of course we have one extra hand per round

[@thechatter7102]

apoligies from the casual pokemon enjoyers, didnt know it got that bad out there

[@DragonTamer-ud1qo]

OHIO MENTIONED ! O H !

[@nikfinite]

the lebron james take aged like milk

[@Ekklo]

Am I this unobservant or has there always been a sliiiiiight CRT bend to the game's screen. I see small black curves at the corners

[@TiredOcean]

Yes, it was always there

[@MikeyTheGoon]

40:32 IO

[@manolobrinks]

bro got perkeo observatory the game is OVER

[@DeathByRabbit]

Thanks for asking him about PokeRogue, chat. A shame he isn't into it.

[@Hannah_The_Heretic]

He probably does like it, He said he doesn't like the community 😂

[@Haanski]

I would have become the nastiest type A chatter of all time if he didn't use his non negative Mercurys every time he played a hand with blue seals... He kept talking about it like it was somehow better to NOT play them and just not get more replacements for free?? He never did it but he kept talking about it and I could feel my blood pressure rising as his gears kept turning... I'm like you better freaking not. The only way it would make sense not to use them if you were in danger of losing and you were playing what you thought to be your very last hand going for a high score.

[@Haanski]

He kept saying everytime we use one of these we are losing that 1.5x mult forever... like what? You only have 3 non negative consumable spots... the most non negative mercury cards you can ever hold is going to be 3 😅 Edit: OK now I am at the end of the video and he finally didn't use his mercury with blue seal in hand like I knew he was going to do. Oh well at least he didn't do it pre Ante 13 so I won't necessarily go run into traffic. Also started ignoring burnt joker as well. He got scared for no reason and started to buck the scaling that got him that far... At least he didn't listen to the chatters that were telling him to stop adding cards to his deck. Could have been worse. Luckily I don't watch NL for the gameplay. I am done over analyzing this run now 😂

[@RedzeeTV]

Nice blog! Cant wait for you next post 👍

[@kyleleehufnagel]

I bet you have the most efficient widget assembly line.

[@Tcbrownie64]

NL at the start of the video “I have to pick my daughter up in 30 minutes” Proceeds to drop an hour long video.

[@Kazumaplaysgames]

Bisexual NL be like: I like popcorn topping and popcorn bottoming